Design Guide: Recreation Centers Individual Space Criteria January 1976
outside the building. Provide telephone booths,
storage for local and several out-of-state
directories and built-in seating. Telephone
booths should have washable wall surfaces so
that graffiti can be washed off periodically.
(6) Technical Requirements
(a) Illumination
Level
30 ftc, booths; 10 ftc,
lounges
fluorescent
task,
direct
Type
warm white
Control
switch at control desk
(b) Power
Outlets
1
clock outlet mtd 2' below
Special
ceiling, visible from booths
(c) H V A C
78DB; 65WB; RH 50%
Summer
Winter
68
Air changes 6 per hour
(d) Communications
Phones
separate from Center's
phones
1 speaker
Sound
(e) Acoustics
PNC 30
Noise criteria
30 dB
Sound level
Ave coef of absorption 0.40-0.50
Transmission (STC)
+35 dB
(7) Interior
Requirements
(a) Equipment
Phone booths as provided by Telephone
Company
(b) Furniture
Built-in lounge seating
(c) Finish Suggestions
Walls
painted drywaII
Floor
carpet
Ceiling
acoustical tile
(d) Colors
Walls
white or black
Accents
4-28
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